Thats a "grass is greener" argument though... Everyone I have talked to in law has said the field is dying because they have too many graduates. Then I hear on here that medicine is terrible and people should run from it (though I will admit I can understand especially with regards to having to deal with insurance companies and stuff).
I talked to a CT surgeon about this issue once and he looked me point blank in the face and said: "everybody on earth is working hard, just find a job where you make enough money to pay the bills and want to wake up in the morning."
He then went on to talk about how he has friends his age who went into business, work more hours than him - some make less than him, some make more. Its not like law, or business, or any other field for that matter is inherently better bang for your buck or more appealing.
I think there is some truth to what he said. Unless you are fine making <50K a year working an easy, non-stressful job, then suck it up, we all are signing up for this. Basically any job that is over that 50K mark you are probably going to be working with a lot of stress, a lot of schooling, debt, and long hours. Heck my own dad was an architectural engineer (got fired after 10 years or so), the dude EASILY worked 80 hours a week (no laws against that here folks, if he slowed down he would be canned and replaced by one of the dozens of people waiting in line), was essentially chained to his desk, and basically hated his life and was barely pulling in 100K. I have no doubt in my mind at all that anyone -short of people born into money, people who invested well, or made a catchy iphone app- will be working long hours for what they consider is "crap money." It is just how society works.... So why not have a dang near guarantee stable job, with good money, and the ability to make even some inkling of a difference in people's lives... being a physician seems good in that sense. I could work like a slave and stare at a computer all day by working in computer tech or engineering or something and make 80-120K or I can go through med school, do some decent stuff for people, stare at computers at least a little less than most jobs and pull in 160-200K.
This idea that there is a better job out there is a fabricated myth that everyone in every field tells themselves to give themselves hope... "I heard that THAT job is better, so I am going to go over to that line of work." Then they get there and its the exact same crap they had to deal with at the previous job. Again, its just how it is, we have to work until we die, thats fine. Just find something you enjoy and are called to (either internally, spiritually, whatever) and that pays the bills. I say all of this as someone in the working world (out of school), barely making enough to survive month to month while supporting my wife who is in school. Every 3-6 months I get this intense desire to quit my job because of some "fairy tale" job that I think exists elsewhere. But I am reminded that I will run into the exact same thing everywhere I go, it is the nature of this thing that we call "work," you have to work, and sometimes it sucks.
